veebee@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCory Doctorow New Book: Enshitificationwww.kickstarter.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down114
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkCory Doctorow New Book: Enshitificationwww.kickstarter.comveebee@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·1 month agoI’m glad to hear that. It’s unfortunate that the blurb only described it as an audio book, so I went by without looking into it further.
minus-squarememfree@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoDoctorow doesn’t allow DRM on his works (both print and audio) so he can;t distribute through sites lilke Amazon that require it. Instead he runs a kickstarter to pay actual talent to do the audio and distributes through smaller channels.
I’m glad to hear that. It’s unfortunate that the blurb only described it as an audio book, so I went by without looking into it further.
Doctorow doesn’t allow DRM on his works (both print and audio) so he can;t distribute through sites lilke Amazon that require it. Instead he runs a kickstarter to pay actual talent to do the audio and distributes through smaller channels.